Overview
- The CW confirmed it will forgo broadcasts of the Miss Teen USA and Miss USA finals after discussions with the Miss USA Organization, a decision announced publicly on Thursday.
- The Miss USA Organization said both the preliminary rounds and finals will instead stream on the Queen Beauty Network, the platform that carried the event in 2025.
- Organizers blamed a production‑related contractual issue identified about two weeks earlier that they said could not be resolved in time to deliver a live CW broadcast.
- The move follows a June announcement by Miss USA chief Thom Brodeur of a new CW deal and continues a recent pattern of the pageant shifting from broadcast television to niche streaming.
- The change narrows the event's potential audience and commercial reach, affects contestants who had expected a network telecast, and leaves open the possibility of future cooperation between Miss USA and The CW.